Episodes
Jan. 12, 2023
37: Coral Castle and Cursed Objects
Send us a Text Message. Wes takes us on a tour of the mysterious Coral Castle. Beth braves a handful of allegedly cursed objects. Show Notes: Our Merch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/where-our-minds-wander?ref_id=274...
Jan. 5, 2023
36: Anastasia Imposter and the Mad Gasser of Mattoon
Send us a Text Message. Beth investigates Anna Anderson, one of the most well-known Anastasia Romanov imposters. Wes tackles the Mad Gasser of Mattoon, an unsolved case chalked up to mass hysteria. Show Notes: Our Merch store...
Dec. 29, 2022
35: Turning the Bones and the Yellow Rose
Send us a Text Message. Wes explores the practices of skeleton modifications and the cultural significance behind them. Beth wanders through the haunted Emily Morgan hotel in San Antonio, Texas. Show Notes: Our Merch store: h...
Dec. 22, 2022
34: Naughty and Nice Holiday Special
Send us a Text Message. Both Wes and Beth discuss the legend of Krampus, St. Nick's evil counterpart. Then they brave the earworm "The Twelve Days of Christmas" because...why not? Show Notes: Our Merch store: https://www.teep...
Dec. 15, 2022
33: That's Not an Orangutan and How Do You Explain the Radiation?
Send us a Text Message. Wes hunts the not-so-elusive Rock Apes of Vietnam. Beth tackles the truly mysterious case of the Dyatlov Pass Incident- when 9 hikers died under bizarre circumstances. Our Merch store: https://www.teep...
Dec. 8, 2022
32: He Couldn't Escape This and Bambi and Thumper Forbidden Love!
Send us a Text Message. Beth sits in on Bess Houdini's final seance to capture Harry Houdini's message from beyond the grave. Wes tracks the elusive Wolpertinger - the original cousin to the jackalope - and finds one! Show No...
Dec. 1, 2022
31: The Mystery of the Navy's Love-8 Ghost Blimp and Skaill House Haunting
Send us a Text Message. Wes wonders what happened to the crew aboard the L-8 Navy blimp that crashed into a San Francisco suburb in 1942. Beth visits the 400 year old haunted Skaill House on Orkney Island, Scotland. Show Not...
Nov. 24, 2022
30: Strange Occurrences on the Sea and in the Sky
Send us a Text Message. Beth takes to the seas to visit the SS Ourang Medan, an allegedly grisly ghost ship. Wes takes to the sky to explore a pilot's strange UFO encounter over Alaska in 1986. Show Notes: Our Merch store: ht...
Nov. 17, 2022
29: The Cottingley Fairies and The Ghost Church
Send us a Text Message. Beth analyzes the infamous Cottingley Fairies photos and how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed in their authenticity. Wes visits the ghosts of St. George's Church , wo talk among the 32 specters populati...
Nov. 10, 2022
28: Neolithic Balls and The Park of Monsters
Send us a Text Message. Wes takes us to the Neolithic site of Skara Brae and the strange, intricately carved stone balls discovered there. Beth goes for a stroll through the Park of Monsters, an Italian Renaissance "garden" f...
Nov. 3, 2022
27: They Needed Those Lilies and The Devil of the Dunes
Send us a Text Message. Beth delves into the strict but odd funeral and mourning practices of those wacky Victorians. Wes visits the dunes of Provincetown, Mass., and encounters the menacing "Black Flash" - a creature that st...
Oct. 27, 2022
26: Screams From the Other Side and An Unsettling Rattle
Send us a Text Message. Wes braves a walk along Dead Woman's Crossing , Oklahoma to meet the ghost of Katie James before wandering down Zombie Road, Missouri, where even more phantoms are said to linger. Beth visits our neig...
Oct. 20, 2022
25: The Grey Nuns and Haunted Castles in the United States
Send us a Text Message. Beth enrolls at the Grey Nuns Motherhouse in Montreal, Canada to check out the ghosts still walking its collegiate halls, perhaps coming from the crypt in the basement. Wes tours two haunted American c...
Oct. 16, 2022
24: She Didn't Win Mother of the Year and An Extremely Isolated Incident
Send us a Text Message. Beth shares the harrowing tale of Blanche Monnier, a young woman imprisoned by her mother in her own home for 25 years. Wes cautiously approaches the Flannan Isles Lighthouse of Scotland, where 3 keep...
Oct. 13, 2022
23: Don't Dare Call Him a Weasel and A Restless Night
Send us a Text Message. Wes tells the peculiar tale of Gef the Talking Mongoose, a spirit that tormented the Irving family on the Isle of Man in the 1930s. Beth excitedly shares two more stories from listeners about their rea...
Oct. 6, 2022
22: They're Always Watching You and Don't Tell Them About Upstairs
Send us a Text Message. Wes tackles the interesting history of everyone's beloved (or detested) outdoor ornament: the Garden Gnome. In honor of October, Beth shares two listener's stories about their real-life ghostly encount...
Sept. 29, 2022
21: Only the Nose Knows and It's Not All Tea and Mysteries
Send us a Text Message. Wes takes us on to the mysterious Dog Suicide Bridge of Overtoun, Scotland where he asks us to decide if the dogs' deaths are caused by something natural or supernatural. Beth explores the secret soci...
Sept. 22, 2022
20: There's Something Witchy About This Tree and A Grave Situation
Send us a Text Message. Beth stops by the Witches' Tree in Louisville, Kentucky on her journey through the historical connection between trees and witches. Wes tells the harrowing, true (?) tale of Margorie McCall, otherwise...
Sept. 15, 2022
19: She Failed That Test and The Boogeyman Umbrella
Send us a Text Message. Beth tells the tale of Marthe Brossier, a young Frenchwoman possessed by demons, who brought them with her on a travelling roadshow in the 1590s. Wes shares the origin story of the Boogeyman: where th...
Sept. 11, 2022
Request for your true personal paranormal stories for upcoming October episodes
Send us a Text Message. Please email us your true personal paranormal stories for our upcoming October episodes. We'd love to read them and share them on the show! Send them to: whereourmindswander@gmail.com Support the Show...
Sept. 8, 2022
18: She Was Slimed and They Were All Cursed
Send us a Text Message. Wes explores two creepy cryptids - the Flatwoods Monster and the Dover Demon- which terrorized two small towns 25 years apart. Beth visits Venice, Italy and the allegedly cursed (but gorgeous!) Palazz...
Sept. 1, 2022
17: A Strange Place for Demons and Doomed From the Beginning
Send us a Text Message. Beth closely inspects the Demon Wall of Sauherad, Norway and its questionable beginnings. Wes takes a wild ride with Salomon Andree's ill-fated Arctic hot air balloon expedition of 1897. Show Notes: Ou...
Aug. 25, 2022
16: A Toast to Edgar and A Lady in Brown
Send us a Text Message. Beth explores the still mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe and the unknown Poe Toaster. Wes shines a light on the history of one of the most famous ghost photographs of all time - the Brown Lady of Ra...
Aug. 18, 2022
14: If These Walls Could Talk and Not Your Average Jogger
Send us a Text Message. Beth take us inside the infamous Chelsea Hotel where artistic luminaries thrived and their spirits still roam. Wes takes us to the notorious Pickfair Estate where Hollywood royalty Mary Pickford and Do...